Posted on 02/19/2024 2:13:22 PM PST by daniel1212
Biometrics are transforming the way we travel. The technology, which identifies travelers using unique physical traits like fingerprints and faces, is becoming more common at airports in the United States. As a result, time-consuming rituals that once required repeated ID checks — such as bag dropping, security screening and boarding — are getting easier and faster.
Some experts believe that this will be the year that biometric use, primarily facial recognition, becomes standard at many airports. The technology offers several advantages: enhanced security, quicker processing of passengers and a more convenient airport experience. It also raises concerns about privacy, ethics and the possibility of broader surveillance.
T.S.A. checkpoints at dozens of airports across the country, from Denver to Miami, look different than they did only a few years ago.
The agency is using technology that takes a photo of a traveler and swiftly matches it to a scan of their ID. This process will expand to around 400 more airports in the coming years, though it remains optional; travelers can still go through security the old-fashioned way if they prefer.
...T.S.A. has also developed programs with some airlines to enable PreCheck travelers, who are approved for expedited screenings at more than 200 airports, to check bags and even pass through security checkpoints by just showing their faces, no ID scan.. Airlines say these changes can save substantial time and make a noticeable difference in moving passengers through the airport.
Travelers will also have their identities confirmed by facial recognition when they are entering or leaving the United States. The government’s biometric entry system is fully operational, and the system to identify departing travelers using facial recognition is now in place at nearly 50 airports. It is set to be installed at every airport with international departures by 2026.
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While I believe the "rapture" is the "first resurrection" "first resurrection." (1Jn. 3:2; Rm. 8:23; 1Co 15:53, 54; 2Co. 2-4; Revelation 20:6) at the end of the tribulation, yet some of the old "rapture" movies in essence portrayed some of basic developments which current events are precursors of. My favorite, if poor video quality: "Years of the Beast: "
I hear you get to walk right through if you have the mark on your right hand or forehead......cuz it’s comin’.
The possibility for mischief is high, but I use this traveling to Abu Dhabi and Dubai and it sure does speed things up. Especially when a plane with 400 Indians lands before you.
They’ve had iris scans for a while now. I didn’t like that either.
Meanwhile, hundreds stood in line waiting for an officer. Pretty neat I thought.
“more convenient airport experience”
Contradicting terms since there is nothing convenient in the current airport experience & biometrics being added to the mix only complicates it further, IMO.
But this ass-ministration lets anyone come over the border. Will they have recognition? Fake eyeballs, stolen fingers, etc.
Yeah, we’re in for the real 1984.
All such surveillance makes practical sense. Besides commerce, what police dept would not want to know the location of all persons. Of course, the smartphones of most people transmit that already. Plus CC use. That is a dangerous beauty of surveillance.
I bet the illegals get to bypass the system.
Invaders go thru TSA - no passport, no vaxx mandates, free ticket - taxpayer funded, and ..
Same experience, though I wasn't coming back from Europe. Damn'ed if I can remember which country it was now. It was easily in the past 2 years so I'm thinking it was either coming back from Cancun, Antiqua, Barbados, Belize, Honduras, Curasao or Turks & Caicos.
Airports? How about street corners, 7-11, malls, Walmart, etc. etc. It’s already all over the place.
TSA: "Please remove the glasses"
Me: "I'm not wearing any glasses"
Question: In the last 10 years, how many terrorists have been caught by the TSA at airports? A total waste of money for data mining!
They got some J6 violent insurrectionists with this help.
And this is the real work going into AI, not these silly chat bots.
Imagine being able to ask AI, “Where is so-and-so?”, and it can tell you immediately. This is massive storage and sensory input processing - and coming soon.
Is facial recognition legal in the US?
With few exceptions, the U.S. does not currently have authoritative guidance, regulations, or laws to adequately address issues related to facial recognition technology use, the report finds.Jan 17, 2024
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1toqzNtUXKZMemG_jodFwaa0i8e4hzNtdpyfB2ioMLQo/edit
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